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Roadshows to gather views of South Cheshire patients - Crewe Chronicle 28th October 2009
"MID Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is joining forces with Cheshire Police to keep local people informed about their services.
The two organisations are working together with a number of consultation events to gather views about service priorities, and to hear what people think about local services."
Full impact of recession yet to hit UK public sector, study claims - The Guardian 22nd October 2009
"Research says that effects of downturn will not hit some parts of Britain for several months – and that local councils need to prepare for this 'aftershock'"
Beware the zealots selling miracle cures of privatisation - The Guardian 19th October 2009
"The latest CBI salvo against the public sector is blinkered. Those who dash for dazzling quick fixes will come a cropper"
Public sector pay and pension plans leave experts confused - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"Economists were left confused tonight and unions critical about the plethora of public sector pay freezes and pension age announcements by the Conservatives and the government, but said neither party's proposals were close to what is needed to return public finances to health."
George Osborne's gamble – are the voters ready to take their medicine? - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"Tories reveal details of plan to tackle deficit but critics say measures will save less than claimed and only 'dent' spending"
George Osborne lifts veil on his age of austerity - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"The Conservatives today took their biggest political gamble in a generation when the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, urged the nation to respect his honesty by setting out a painful, if carefully pitched, package of spending cuts."
Unions attack Tory austerity pledge - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"The Tories face a possible summer of discontent of industrial action if they win the next General Election after angering unions by warning public sector pay and pensions would be squeezed to help cut the state deficit.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said a one-year wage freeze and a pensions cap would form part of a £23 billion austerity package during the next Parliament."
Osborne bets the election on public sector pay - The Independent 7th October 2009
"Tories risk alienating four million voters with pledge to block wage increases for state employees earning more than £18,000"
Andrew Grice: Cameron is determined to win a mandate for cuts - The Independent 7th October 2009
"Yesterday's package ensures a debate on real cuts. The phoney war about efficiency savings is over"
Tories cut to the chase as George Osborne heralds age of austerity - The Times 7th October 2009
"The Conservative leadership took a massive electoral gamble yesterday by offering years of pain to voters in the hope of being rewarded for honestly in facing up to the nation’s plight.
George Osborne heralded an age of austerity as he pledged to freeze the pay of millions of public sector workers, cut benefits enjoyed by the middle classes and cap civil service pensions at £50,000 a year."
The credibility test - The Times 7th October 2009
"The Shadow Chancellor yesterday took the risk of delivering bad news to his party conference speech. His honesty in the face of the facts means that he grew in stature"
Age of austerity beckons as Osborne tackles sea of debt - The Times 7th October 2009
"George Osborne insisted yesterday that he had been straight with the British people as he asked millions to accept a pay freeze and benefit cuts as the price for tackling the country’s mountain of debt. "
Osborne's message: Together everyone... let's have some fun? - The Times 7th October 2009
"“We are all in this together”, the refrain George Osborne employed seven times, demonstrates the Shadow Chancellor’s intimate knowledge of High School Musical. "
Osborne's new age of austerity: Tories pledge deep Whitehall cuts, public pay freeze and squeeze on middle class benefits | Mail Online
"George Osborne took a massive electoral gamble yesterday by unveiling ruthless £7billion-a-year spending cuts.
He plans to freeze the pay of millions of public sector workers, axe middle-class benefits and slash Whitehall budgets."
George Osborne pledges public sector pay freeze for those on more than £18,000 - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"George Osborne today announced that a Conservative government would impose a one-year pay freeze for the 4 million public servants earning more than £18,000 in 2011 as he vowed to tackle the country's debt crisis.
The shadow chancellor also said he would reverse the effects of the government's move to end tax relief on pension funds, would abolish the national child trust fund for the rich and remove tax credits from families earning more than £50,000."
Unions attack political 'hysteria' over public sector pay - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"Public service bodies accuse Labour and Tories of racing to make deepest cuts in spending"
Conservative conference: What George Osborne announced today - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"Policy pledges made by the shadow chancellor in his speech today"
George Osborne's speech did the business - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"It was a good morning's work for George Osborne, as he set out what a Conservative government would do to fix the economy"
Osborne plans one-year public sector pay freeze - The Independent 6th October 2009
"A Conservative Government would impose a one-year pay freeze on the majority of public sector workers as part of a package of austerity measures designed to get the state deficit under control, shadow chancellor George Osborne said today. "
George Osborne pledges public sector pay freeze above £18,000 - The Times 6th October 2009
"George Osborne said today that after 12 years of Labour’s “feckless irresponsibility” a Conservative government would introduce a public sector pay freeze and cut the cost of Whitehall by a third over five years.
The Shadow Chancellor told the Tory party conference “we are all in this together” as he outlined a raft of savings that would affect Westminster and families from all income brackets. "
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